# Saga (disambiguation)

A saga is a story in Old Norse about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history.
Saga may also refer to:

## Places

* Saga, Russia, a rural locality (a selo) in the Sakha Republic, Russia
* Saga, Tibet, a town and the seat of Saga County
* Saga County, a county in Tibet
* Saga Prefecture, a prefecture of Japan
** Saga (city), the capital of Saga Prefecture
** Saga Domain, Japanese domain in the Edo period, which covers the area of current Saga Prefecture and part of Nagasaki Prefecture
* Saga, a district in Kyoto, Japan
* Saga, alternative name of Suquh, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran

## People

* Emperor Saga (785–842), ruler of Japan from 809 to 823
* Nabeshima clan, also known as the Saga family, a clan of Japanese nobles
* Saga (singer) (born 1975), Swedish singer

## Arts and entertainment
### Fictional characters

* Gemini Saga, one of the twelve Gold Saints in Saint Seiya, created by Masami Kurumada
* Kamen Rider Saga, the third Rider from Kamen Rider Kiva
* Saga, the protagonist of the anime A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
* Saga Norén, one of the protagonists of the Swedish/Danish TV series The Bridge
* Saga Anderson, one of two main playable characters in the 2023 video game Alan Wake 2

### Gaming

* SAGA (wargame), a historical miniature wargame published by Gripping Beast and Studio Tomahawk
* Saga: Rage of the Vikings a 1998 video game by Cryo Interactive
* Saga (2008 video game), an MMORTS computer game developed by Silverlode Interactive
* SaGa (series), a video game franchise by Square Enix
* SAGA System, a role-playing game system
* Urza's Saga, an expansion set of Magic: The Gathering
* SAGA (Scripts for Animated Graphic Adventures), a game engine used in Inherit the Earth

### Music
#### Artists

* Saga (Alice Nine), bassist of Visual Kei band Alice Nine
* Saga (band), a Canadian rock band
* Saga (singer) (born 1975), Swedish female white nationalist singer

#### Albums

* Saga (album), the band's first album
* Sagas (album), a 2008 album by German folk metal band Equilibrium

#### Events

* Saga (event), an annual musical festival organized by Royal College, Colombo

### Literature

* Saga (2006 novel), by Conor Kostick
* Saga, a 1940 novel by Erico Verissimo
* SAGA (play), a 2013 play performed by Wakka Wakka Productions
* Saga, a 1997 novel by Tonito Benacquista

### Other arts and entertainment

* Ultraman Saga, the 45th anniversary Ultraman movie
* Saga (comics), a comic book series published monthly by Image Comics

## Businesses

* Saga - Tools for Filmmakers, a Generative AI-powered filmmaking app and startup business
* Saga Airlines, a Turkish airline
* Saga Corporation, a defunct food service management company that is now part of Sodexo
* Saga Radio Group, a defunct British radio broadcaster
* Saga Falabella, a department store chain in Peru
* Saga Group, British company focused on the needs of people over 50
* Saga Musical Instruments, an American manufacturer and wholesale distributor of stringed instruments
* Saga Petroleum, a Norwegian petroleum company acquired by Norsk Hydro in 1999
* Saga plc, a British travel and insurance company
* Saga Press, an American publisher
* Saga Rail. defunct train operator in Sweden
* Saga (restaurant), a Michelin-starred restaurant in New York City
* Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement, the French state shipping line founded in 1919

## Computers

* SAGA C++ Reference Implementation, an implementation of the OGF SAGA standard
* SAGA GIS, a geographic information system
* Simple API for Grid Applications, The Open Grid Forum SAGA (Simple API for Grid Applications) standard
* Saga interaction pattern, a design-pattern for implementing a long-running transactions

## Organizations

* Sexuality and gender acceptance (SAGA)
* Smocking Arts Guild of America
* Society of American Graphic Artists
* Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), the name of a literary group of American fantasy authors

## Science

* 1163 Saga, an asteroid
* Akar Saga, the Malay name of a leguminous climber with hard, red seeds, Abrus precatorius
* Saga (bush cricket), a genus of European bush crickets
* Saga, the Malay name of a tree with hard, red seeds, Adenanthera pavonina
* SAGA, Spt-Ada-Gcn5 Acetyltransferase, a histone acetyltransferase complex
* SAGA, Strömgren survey for Asteroseismology and Galactic Archaeology
* SAGA, a stochastic variance reduction algorithm for mathematical optimisation.

## Transportation

* MS Saga (1972), a ferry operated by Swedish Lloyd 1972–1977
* Alpha Saga, a 2022– American electric compact sedan
* Proton Saga, a 1985–present Malaysian subcompact car

## Other uses

* Saga (magazine), men's adventure pulp magazine published by Macfadden Publications in the 1950s–80s
* Saga (cheese), a blue cheese from Denmark
* Sága, a goddess in Norse mythology
* Japanese gunboat Saga, a Japanese gunboat